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'Fat but fit' still risk heart disease

People who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of heart disease even if they appear medically healthy, experts are warning. The work, in the European Heart Journal, is further evidence against the idea people can be "fat but fit". Weight appeared to be a risk factor. Dan Damon found out more from Dr Camille Lassale who was lead author of the study, carried out by staff at Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge.

(Picture: Rear view of overweight man raising weights in gym clothes Credit: Getty Images)

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